Rajkot | India were all out for 445 in their first innings on the second day of the third Test against England here on Friday.
Rohit Sharma (131) and Ravindra Jadeja (112) struck fine hundreds while debutant Sarfaraz Khan made a promising start to his Test career with an impressive 62 off 66 balls.
In his first international outing, wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel too batted very well for a neat 46 off 104 balls and the seasoned Ravichandran Ashwin chipped in with 37 while sharing a 77-run partnership for the eighth wicket.
India resumed the second day on their overnight score of 326/5 with Jadeja and night-watchman Kuldeep Yadav (1) at the crease.
Both Jadeja and Kuldeep, however, got out at the start of second day as India slipped to 331/7.
Ashwin and Jurel then steadied the innings.
For England, returning pacer Mark Wood finished with figures of 4/114 in 27.5 overs.
Brief scores:
India 1st innings: 445 all out in 130.5 overs (Rohit Sharma 131, Ravindra Jadeja 112 Sarfaraj Khan 62; Mark Wood 4/114)
Scoreboard on day 2 of the third Test between India and England here on Friday.
India 1st Innings (Overnight 326/5)
Yashasvi Jaiswal c Root b Wood 10
Rohit Sharma c Stokes b Wood 131
Shubman Gill c Foakes b Wood 0
Rajat Patidar c Duckett b Hartley 5
Ravindra Jadeja c and b Root 112
Sarfaraz Khan run out 62
Kuldeep Yadav c Foakes b James Anderson 4 Dhruv Jurel c Foakes b Rehan Ahmed 46
Ravichandran Ashwin c James Anderson b Rehan Ahmed 37 Jasprit Bumrah lbw b Mark Wood 26
Mohammed Siraj not out 3
Extras (B-2, LB-4, NB-2, W-1) 9
Total (all out in 130.5 overs) 445
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-24, 3-33, 4-237, 5-314, 6-331, 7-331,8-408, 9-415, 10-445.
Bowling: James Anderson 25-7-61-1, Mark Wood 27.5-2-115-4, Tom Hartley 40-7-109-1, Joe Root 16-3-70-1, Rehan Ahmed 22-2-85-2.
